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WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK -- A sales representative called on 1/12/11 while I was at work and spoke to my partner. Although she is on the phone bill, she is not aware of the details since I handle the bills.
Once the representative established that a) my partner had the authority to change phone service and b) my partner didn't really know much about what kind of service we had in terms of costs, she fed my partner a bunch of technical mumbo jumbo and misinformation about our current service. For example: She claimed that according to her "records" we paid nearly $50 for our current phone service which would make Cordia Communications cheaper. But we don't pay that much - we pay $25.67. If we had wanted any of the services CC offered we would've gotten them through our former phone company at the same price!
I called at 8:30 pm the same day and spoke to a customer service rep, **. I told him we did not want to change from our old phone company and to cancel the order. He said he'd put through a work order to stop the change. He said to call back after 24 hours to make sure it had gone through. (This boded ill. This stalling tactic is common with crap companies that scam people.) Sure enough, when I called back this evening at 9:45 pm and spoke to **, she said it was too late to stop the changeover, the order had been put through and the account was in the process of being set up.
I asked why she simply couldn't stop the process. She got snippy and said was too late, that if I didn't want the service I'd have to call my former phone company and change back. I said why ** didn't just cancel my order yesterday. And this is where she revealed the scam - albeit accidentally. She said, by that time it had already been too late. In other words, ** had lied. He had not put through a work order to cancel the service. It was just a way to get me off the phone.
To say that it's impossible to stop a service from being established is nonsense. Once in motion, the process is not inevitable, like gravity. Someone, somewhere, with the push of a button or a phone call can put a stop to it. This business of "impossible" just makes it clear that Cordia Communications is not a reputable or trustworthy company. Tomorrow I'll call my old phone company and will hopefully be able to clear up this mess.
Cordia called me today, and wow!!! It was the worst phone conversation that I ever had. On the other hand, I found something new about myself: Now I know that I can yell at people on the phone… yeah, for the very first time in my life I was like insane on the phone. They were trying to switch me from Qwest to their service, and I didn't want to do so… I was trying to stop conversation politely, but their representative wouldn't let me do so, by repeating all "great benefits" of switching, and that there is "no physical change." I said: "Well, I don't care, I don't want any physical or virtual change to my account, I want to stay with my current company."
Finally, after it was going on for several minutes, and I was not able to stop conversation politely, I hanged up… Guess what? She called me again. I didn't take it. She called again. I took it. She was wondering why did I hang up on her, and started from beginning… finally, she repeated a few times that I don't understand that they are trying to help me to pay less for my phone bills, and so on… she said that I am so DUMB so I don't understand that I pay too much, and that they are trying to help me.
I said that I want to talk to her supervisor. She said that supervisor is not there, and this time she hanged up on me. Then she called again, accused me that I hang up on her again, and connected with supervisor (which wasn't there 2 min ago). Supervisor (same accent, very similar voice… her twin?) didn't let me say anything about my previous conversation, and begun to push me even harder into their services. She also repeated several times that I don't understand that there is no physical change, and I am paying too much, and they just want to help me… she almost yelled at me at this point. And this is when they drove me nuts and I started to yell on her.
Also, I tried to make them to put me on "do not call" list, and they wouldn't do so, "because I don't understand that they want to help me". Instead, both of them were trying to verify my phone, name, address, and so on, like: "we are not singing you in, we're just want to verify it"… and "you don't understand, you're paying too much" again. I never liked to talk to advertisers before, but I always was polite on the phone… I guess my politeness on the phone will end from now on.
On August 27th 2011 I reported my telephone service was out of order, the associate told me on the 31st of August a service person will be at my home at 7 pm. On the first of September when I called to inquire why no one came or called, they said my phone was fixed on the Wednesday. I told them the only thing seemed to have been was from completely dead to such a loud humming, we have to scream and understand very little. Then said we will submit another ticket. I have since called them over 7 times. The phone has gone to completely dead, to a loud humming to crossed lines with other people screaming on their phones.
They have been EXTREMELY rude to the point of on Saturday, their customer service associate cursed at me and slammed the phone down. I tried making a complaint to their Supervisor, **, and he also was rude. I said please put yourself in my place, I have been out of telephone lines over a month, have extremely patient. Since I work from home, I need my line up. So far I have lost some of my income. On the back of it all they are still expecting me to continue to pay my bill. He said there is nothing he can do. As it is now, I cannot even move to another company until this is resolved. I do need Legal advice from you as to what steps I need to tale. I am beyond upset.
WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK -- I am soo pissed with this company. They have been calling me nonstop and claimed that they are linked with AT&T and can switch my number without a hassle and would charge me less than what I pay now. I said I would call back after I review their company and the next thing I know, they have switched me from AT&T without my verbal authorization. Funny thing is, I didn't even make an account with them. And they said they need to make an account to cancel the service. Like what on earth is going on here?
People, please be sure not to pick up any calls from them. They would switch from your provider then make you pay a bill. They said they are sending me a bill but I don't wish to pay for it, since I never authorized a switch. I have contacted Better Business Bureau. Let's see what happens. But piece of advice, BEWARE!
I was marketed to Cordia in the spring of 2005. During this marketing session I was advised that "Cordia Residential Unlimited" Service for $39.95 per month would give me unlimited local and long distance. At no time during this marketing session was "data minutes" mentioned. Based on what I was told, I agreed to take Cordia.
When I was transferred to confirm this and was told there would be charges if certain minutes (I later learned the term, "data minutes") went over a limit I stated I did not want anything that could involve extra charges. At that point I was switched back to the Cordia marketer who assured me that with the unlimited plan there would be no extra charge. We discussed this for a few minutes until I felt comfortable that there in fact would be no extra charge and I was again switched to confirm my choice.
Once again I was told of extra charges that could result with this plan and once again I stated I did not want any extra charges and once again I was switched back to the marketer. This happened three times. Each time the representative would mention extra charges, with no further explanation and switched me back to the marketer then the marketer would take time to explain that the Residential Unlimited plan that I was getting was in fact unlimited and assured me there would be no extra charges (as I was being told in the confirmation part of the call). I finally signed up under the impression that no extra charges could or would apply.
My first bill dated May 22, 2005 charged me for my phone and an extra phone. I was being charged for 2 phone numbers, one was mine and I have no idea where or whose the other number came from. After a call to Cordia it was agreed that my bill would be adjusted and I would wait for my next bill to pay what I owed. My June bill was adjusted, the charges for the phone that was not mine had been removed but now I was being charged a finance or late fee and the taxes on the charges were still being billed. This was eventually resolved.
I was also now being charged for "local data" minutes over 1000 used. The marketer had given me false information. I again called Cordia. After at least 2 phone calls and much debate, I was allowed to back date an "upgrade" to the next plan for $49.95, which I was under the impression would NOW give me "UNLIMITED" calling and the charges for the data minutes were dropped. (I now paid $49.95 retroactivity instead of $39.95 and I received a credit for $15.79.)
THEN on my October bill I was again charged an extra $75.48 for data minutes over 5000 used. I did not know that I still had a limit and would be charged for excess. I called Cordia 3 times and got no help. I have since switched companies and I did pay a portion of my finial bill. The total was for $142.48. I made a payment of $74.44 and included the statement that if cashed the bill was to be considered paid in full. The check was cashed and they now state that even though I requested them to cash the check only as payment in full I still have the balance of $69.00 and they have put that amount in a collection agency which is going against our credit.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- Never choose Cordia Communication as a phone servicer. This company has no idea how to handle a small business, probably because they are connected to VERIZON. I am a small business with 12 remote call forwarding lines and 4 actual land lines. Remote call forward lines are ones that forward to a regular line so it's 16 telephone numbers I have.
In June of 2004 I was offered by Cordia communication telemarketer a bill of 150.00 dollars +taxes and 4 cent long distance. I spent 2 hours on the phone explaining my account and what I want. I was told that that would not be a problem. July of 2004 I received a letter stating I should not pay my previous carrier because they are in their custody. I thought it was all going well until I hear from Sprectrotel my previous carrier. I am threatened with disconnection.
Here I find out not all my lines are transferred. I was being doubled billed and promised by ** and ** that this problem would be corrected. I called ** and ** weekly to address the problem, I completed 4 more LOAs (authorizations to take my lines), I spent at least 100 hours on hold, 15 complaints to the PUC, 5 emails to Cordia, I have been hung up on, refused to pay for the lack of service and incompetence. My case was escalated to ** and ** supposedly higher up then ** and **, raised stress and anger levels, and have been disconnected.
Basically, Cordia Communication makes you feel like a victim of terrorists. They demand payment before they will address anything, however, they have been given months to solve the problem. It took almost losing all my lines and my livelihood and 13 months before all my lines were in Cordia communications custody. Finally, having all of my lines with Cordia Communication did not end or solve my problems.
Next, big issue was the billing the high charges, twice as much as Spectrotel, not 40% less as promised. My 150.00 dollar bill never arrived, however, my $485.00 monthly bill does. It continues and has yet to be corrected. I receive 7 envelopes with the same 4 pages in each. I have yet to receive a complete bill which adds up to the current charges. My billing issues have been going on from the beginning. You may ask why I stay? I have no choice the problems would be threefold if I brought another carrier into the mess Cordia Communication made of my lines and account.
What about the PUC? Did you know you can only have 2 formal complaints for the same issue on file with the PA PUC after that there is nothing they can do. My complaints went to court with the CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND PRESIDENT OF Cordia COMMUNICATION, Wesly Minella. He states I received detailed billing and accurate invoices. I have invoice after invoice and 5 unopen envelopes, remember I get 7 per month, for each month that proves otherwise. Wesly Minella can have a look at these bills at any time. I have offered this proof to so many Cordia personnel only to be told it will be addressed.
I was not present at the hearing because the PUC does not give that information until it is over. So what happens next? I spend two hours twice a week on the line with Cordia Communication each month. I spend most of that time on hold being avoided. The rest of the time I am listening to apologies and empty promises. Let me acquaint you with the Cordia Communication Staff. First there is ** and **, customer service supervisors who will pound on a keyboard emailing everyone about the problem and getting it solved, SO THEY SAY!
**, extension **, who promised phones would be on in 24 to 48 hours knowing when I called back she was going to be on her move from Orlando to New York. Next, there is ** extension **, who is so incompetent he disconnects all calls he puts on hold. **, extension ** who demands I pay $1100.00 more for new activation, that's on top of my $485.00 a month for service I don't get. **, customer supervisor who knows just how to pick up the phone for a second so she can send you to voice mail. **, customer supervisor who will call you back before she leaves, 3 weeks later I have yet to hear from her, I guess she just hasn't come to the end of her day.
**, extension **, **, **, **, **, **, **, **, **, **, and ** customer service reps who get paid to be unable to help you because the company updates their computers so often it's rare to get a person with a working computer. Without the computers there is no customer service, such as on August 16, 21, 28, and September 8, 9, 10, and 11. They will promise to call you back, but that's just another lie they tell you so they can get on with not working. **, was an exception she actually called me twice in one day, couldn't do anything though the computers were down.
Where am I in my saga with Cordia Communication, HELL, because I still don't have an accurate bill or customer service which WESLY MINELLA, chief operating officer and president of Cordia stated otherwise under oath. I want to talk to the president, Wesly Minella, to prove my case. I have stacks of invoices and sealed envelopes to prove my case and statements. My satisfaction will hopefully come from a company who is trying to help me escape the blackmail, threats and chaos of Cordia. Feel free to email at ** if you have encountered these same problems maybe we can be the I HATE Cordia GROUP.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at 7:45 pm my 16 lines were once again active lines. Back in business I am, but not quite correctly. My fax line was actually sent to my phone while an active line with 3 others attached was sent to my fax. Wednesday, another day wasted getting Cordia Communication on the line. **, was quick to offer some help, "Do you really need the fax line?" "How about moving the fax machine?" "Do you get a lot of faxes?" Then it was time to get verizion on the line. They are even more intelligent than **, blaming me for moving the wire run in my house and that the wiring was the problem not the hook up.
They then stated another $150.00 would have to be handed over to them if there was a wire problem found. ** may not be the most intelligent rep when it comes to faxes, but I have to say he was honest about returning my call. ** actually called me 6 times within two days addressing my concerns. SHOCKINGLY Cordia actually has a customer service rep. Finally, on Wednesday 9/20/2006 a verizion tech shows up to fix the problem he did not understand until I physically showed him the problem. Two minutes spent at the interface box my lines are now correct.
Another month in Cordia hell and under their terrorist reign. Not one accurate bill has arrived, not one statement outlining my payments or charges, not one call regarding my bill, not one person addressing the billing issue. Well it seems I am right back to the beginning with no problem solve. Still no satisfaction as of November 13.06!!! Tip on getting to the head of Cordia, Get the customer care people to transfer you if you hang on long enough you'll be connected to the receptionist then ask for **!!! You'll get to speak to the head of Cordia!!!
I was looking up on the internet for Cordia Comm. Company there was nothing. My mother was called to see if she would like to have long distance/local calling for $20.00 to $30.00 a month for being a senior citizen. There is "NO" such a deal. The amount is up to $125.00. How can they ask this of a person?
NEW JERSEY -- My complaint with cordia communication is identical to those that I read on this site. Some have wrote to the FCC and BBB. What was the outcome? Apparently not much. They slammed us in August of 2006 stating that they were taking over Verizon's' long distance service. Once they got our phone business their games began. They threatened to disconnect our business line because I questioned their billing.
Statements. Not only was our bills erroneous, they took it upon themselves to change our phone plan. So, not to have our business phone disconnected I paid half the bill and switched back to our previous phone co. Once our business was reconnected with our previous long distance provider I asked Cordia again to adjust our bill, and to explain why they changed our plan.
They declined to make adjustments and threatened me again with the disconnection of our business phone. I informed the rep. we have a new long distance carrier so their threats were falling on deaf ears, and why the intimidation? I asked again to adjust our bills and why was our plan changed? But, asking these questions also fell on deaf ears... theirs.
For these reasons and more, I plan to write the FCC and BBB, and to inform Verizon of Cordia's practices and what tactics they used to lure us from their company. And, I will also inform anyone else that this matter should concern. I don't know how far it will go but it's worth a try to get this company (Cordia) to clean up its act and admit to wrong doing and to compensate all who stand victims, and hopefully enough complaints may lead into a class action lawsuit. God only knows how many others are out there and being cheated by Cordia and don't realize it and/or don't know where to go for help.
I never thought that being scammed could ever happen to us, but it did. For Cordia to get our phone business they lied and deceived us and use the name of a long standing phone company, that we were using for many years, and used trickery to acquire our business. Then when we tried to speak with someone in Cordia to help us with these inaccuracies, we were continually transferred from one customer rep. to another, disconnected countless times, put on hold every time we phoned, using countless of our hours, work time and causing us mental stress trying to rectify this problem that they created.
For these reasons and many more I feel that we should be monetarily compensated. And most disturbing of all, is to be threatened time and time again that our business line was going to be disconnected. This alone is a crime. This is our livelihood, and without it, we would not have a home, health ins., and the devastating effect it would have on the ones who depend on us. We would have lost everything that we have built and worked so hard to establish all because of one selfish company (Cordia).
With their mismanagement of accounts, refusing to acknowledge or take responsibility in their mistakes and ignoring to provide their number one asset "the customer" they forgot that without the consumer they would not exist. Well... this is just a short version of my experience with Cordia. At a later date I'll explain this unlawful event in depth and in chronological order so everyone can have a firsthand look at how Cordia and most of their employees are trained to cheat, lie and deceive. My biggest question is why would anyone with a conscience work for such a company? One last thing... WESLEY MINELLA. President and chief operating officer of Cordia.
P.O. BOX 1763, WHITE PLAINES, NEW YORK -- I was sent to collections for an account I never had. I spent 1 hour on the phone with a customer service representative who had very broken English. They acknowledged that I never had an account but refused to provide me with any documentation to assist in removing this from my credit reports. The "supervisor" spoke worse English and repeated told me it was my problem to fix.
When I talked with someone about their plan, they told me it would be 20.00 a month. I asked them if I could make calls to Ireland and England on the plan. I was told that I could set up my cell phone on the plan and it would still be 20.00 a month. Then I received my first bill and two of the countries that are not accepted to call to a cell phone are Ireland and England. I feel they just wanted me to sign up, that they would say anything to please me.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kris Lesovsky collected three RBIs, none bigger than her game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning, as UC San Diego kept its quest for consecutive national championships alive with a 4-3 victory against Central Oklahoma at the NCAA Division II Championship on Friday evening at Knights Field.
UCSD (44-22) and UCO (46-8) will square off again on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET with the winner advancing to the national championship game against the victor of Valdosta State and Kutztown.
UCSD had a 2-1 lead with Central Oklahoma down to it's last out in the top of the seventh inning, but UCO's Nathalie Timmermans launched Camille Gaito's (32-11) 0-1 pitch over the left field fence to give the Bronchos their first lead of the game at 3-2.
Nicole Spangler drew a walk to lead off the Triton half of the seventh and gave way for pinch-runner Annie Heskett. Monique Portugal attempted to bunt her over, but Portugal's first two attempts were unsuccessful. The freshman responded with a sharp single off the glove of the UCO third baseman to put runners on first and second.
After Emily McQuaid's sac-bunt put Heskett and Portugal in scoring position, Lesovsky lifted a high fly ball to center field. Kayce Raines corralled it for the out and fired home, but Heskett slid under Timmermans' tag to tie the score at 3-3.
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Gaito retired the next six Broncho hitters, giving UCSD an opportunity to win in the ninth. UCSD head coach Patti Gerckens then put the game in Lesovsky's hands, directing Portugal and McQuaid to move Spangler to third base on back-to-back sacrifice bunts.
Lesovsky, UCSD's all-time leader in hits and RBIs, delivered with a two-out single through the left side, scoring Spangler to extend UCSD's season.
"[Our players] do not want to go home. They're absolutely just scratching, crawling, and doing whatever they need to do to stay in this tournament to the very end," Gerckens said.
"Spangler had two unbelievable at-bats. She put herself on with a walk [in the seventh] and then a hit [in the ninth] and those happened to be the game-tying and winning runs."
The right arm of Gaito has carried UCSD so far at the NCAA Championship; the senior has pitched all 38.1 innings over four games to this point -- a total of 557 pitches. 294 of those deliveries came on Friday. Furthermore, UCSD's last three contests have gone nine innings or more.
"I can't say enough about Camille. She is a workhorse and I know how bad she felt when she gave up that home run," Gerckens said. "But, it shows what her team does behind her -- they just fought back. I'm so proud of her and the team. This was a gigantic win."
The Tritons have won eight consecutive elimination games during this NCAA tournament run, including four at the West Region II tournament and two at the West Super Regional, respectively.
Another win against UCO will give the Tritons an opportunity to do what no other Division II team has done in the last 12 years -- win back-to-back national championships.
"[UCO is] a great team. We have some idea of what they're about. We're going to come out here, give it everything we've got, and hopefully we'll come out winners,"Gerckens said.
Lesovsky started the scoring with a one-out double down the left field line to score McQuaid in the bottom of the third. Lesovsky moved to third on Kirsten Willmon's infield single before taking home when Timmermans' throw to second on Willmon's stolen base sailed into center field.
UCO's Kacie Edwards homered in the top of the sixth to make it 2-1.
UCSD is 6-4 in extra-inning games this season.


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Irish genealogy can be fraught with controversial politics and divisive semantics. Two words for one place, for example "Derry" or "Londonderry," can signify the speaker's religious or political affilitations. As someone who conducts genealogy workshops and speaks to various groups about Irish genealogy, I am very aware of my responsibility to tread carefully on the line that separates information and opinion. I often speak to groups containing researchers who are looking for Orange Order ancestors mixed with those who are searching for ancestors who took part in armed struggles to create the Republic. I strive to maintain a neutral gathering where all Irish family historians can learn. For the most part, an atmosphere of education wins over any partisan feelings (although I am sure there are many of tongues bitten and outbursts inwardly extinguished).
However, sometimes a comment slips and causes a bit of disagreement. But these instances, if approached with learning in mind, can be a source of education.
One recent evening, I was giving a talk to a group of Irish attorneys. Speaking of the migration of Irish to America in the 1700's and early 1800's, I stated that those waves of Irish immigrants originated in the northern counties. I used the terms "Scots Irish" and "Scotch Irish," stating that those were the labels applied to such immigrants in the USA. These two terms are commonly used in the USA, but they are not used in Ireland, England, or Scotland.
So I was not surprised when a native Ulster Scot in the audience objected, saying that the only proper term is "Ulster Scots." We had a conversation about semantics (it was a group of lawyers, after all, what could I expect?), and I listened to quite a few new points that I had not considered before that night. As is often the case, I learned much that evening from an audience member. This "give and take" with others is one of the reasons I enjoy giving talks.
I've since done some thinking, and some additional research, but I have yet to find a term that is both genealogically descriptive yet politically neutral for those ancestors who hailed from Ireland but were of Scottish ancestry or origin themselves. I tend to call a group by whatever name they designate themselves, so until I am corrected again, I will drop the American "Scots Irish" for "Ulster Scots."
But this incident did remind me of the difficulty of teaching about Irish genealogy research devoid of any historical or political context. Can't be done! Irish ancestry and Irish history are wound together too tightly to be separated easily. Throw in a need for political correctness these days--and talking about Irish genealogy can be like stepping into a minefield. I am thankful, however, that I invariably find Irish family historians to be sensitive to this political quagmire and to share, instead, the joys of finding an ancestor after years of research, regardless of their own, or their ancestor's, political leanings.


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So, once again, it seems unlikely that this story will get much attention, but the EFF has, via a series of Freedom of Information Act requests, determined that the FBI may have committed over 40,000 intelligence violations since 9/11, 2001.
Yes: 40,000.
On top of that, the research uncovered evidence of the FBI "lying in declarations to courts, using improper evidence to obtain grand jury subpoenas, and accessing password-protected files without a warrant." And yet, why aren't we hearing much about this? Why aren't there stories everywhere covering this massive abuse by the government? Instead, we just get Congress rubber stamping a renewal of the Patriot Act, without even taking into consideration what's happening.


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Greg Dyke admits the FA is unlikely to back Sepp Blatter if he stands for re-election as FIFA president, but says England will not walk out of the governing body to bring about change.
The FA chairman gave evidence to the Culture Media and Sport (CMS) select committee on Tuesday regarding the bidding process for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which has been plagued by allegations of corruption.
Dyke, who was appointed FA chairman in March 2013, called for thorough reform of FIFA but admits it is unlikely to occur while Blatter remains in post.
File photo dated 08-05-2014 of FA Chairman Greg Dyke. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday July 22nd 2014. FA chairman Greg Dyke told MPs he is "certain" the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will not be held in the summer, insisting it is "too dangerous" due to the high temperatures. See PA story See PA story SOCCER Dyke. Photo credit should read Nick Potts/PA Wire.
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"Hopefully a new president coming in would take a look at the whole structure.
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"If he runs again he will win, but I think it's unlikely we at the FA would vote for him."
Dyke described the FIFA congress in Sao Paolo last month as like "something out of North Korea" while UEFA president Michel Platini has also withdrawn his support for Blatter's re-election.
Dyke revealed the FA would not be bidding for FIFA tournaments while Blatter remained in charge.
"We've already taken the decision that we will not bid for FIFA tournaments - our decision is we will concentrate in the years ahead on bidding for UEFA tournaments," Dyke said.
"Would we leave FIFA? Not on our own, no. I don't think we should walk out of FIFA because within a week everyone has forgotten you.
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CDO/Hibernate Store/Troubleshooting
- 1 My database does not get created
- 2 Hibernate drops my database when the application stops
- 3 JPA Annotations in the model are not picked up by Teneo
- 4 My JPA annotation XML file is not visible to Teneo, I see related exceptions in the log
- 5 With Teneo I can use a manual hbm file also, is that possible with the CDO Hibernate store
- 6 Relevant links for more information
This page lists common issues which you can encounter when using the CDO Hibernate Store.
My database does not get created
Hibernate will not create the database for you, you have to manually create a database. You don't need to create the tables and other database schema parts. That's done by hibernate.
Hibernate drops my database when the application stops
This is probably the hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto property in the cdo-server.xml, change it from 'create-drop' to 'update'.
JPA Annotations in the model are not picked up by Teneo
To make the JPA annotations in the model visible you need to regenerate the java code. EMF creates the in-memory ecore package using the generated java code (depends on a configuration setting) and not the original ecore file.
Make sure that:
- the relevant property (teneo.mapping.persistence_xml)is set in the cdo-server.xml, the value must be a classpath path, for example: /org/eclipse/emf/cdo/hibernate/annotations/annotations.xml (if the annotations.xml is located in the org.eclipse.emf.cdo.hibernate.annotations package.
- the package/path in which the annotations xml file is present must be exported by the plugin. An alternative is to place the annotations xml file in the /META-INF directory of the plugin then it is copied to the output path automatically.
- the annotations xml file is copied to the output path, it should be explicitly flagged in the build.properties in the bin.includes/binary build part.
- the plugin which contains the annotations xml should depend on the org.eclipse.emf.cdo.server.hibernate.teneo plugin (otherwise the Teneo plugins won't be able to reach the annotations file).
With Teneo I can use a manual hbm file also, is that possible with the CDO Hibernate store
Yes, that's possible. However, the file generated for Teneo standard will not work for the CDO Hibernate store. You need to generate a new one. See here for more information.
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Brand Success 2.0 = Improve Quality of Life
"Instead of just making your product incrementally better than the competitor, you need to create impact."
We are increasingly aware of consumer (and employee) thirst for information from companies about their social responsibility initiatives, presumably so they can make more informed purchasing decisions. Now enter the media consultancy Havas Media with added insights that measure how brands affect wellbeing and quality of life. Havas Media is trying to get at the question of the role of a brand is in this environment of crumbling institutions and economic uncertainty and how consumers respond to brands in challenging times.
In the Meaningful Brands survey—a survey of 50,000 consumers in France, Spain, the U.K., Germany, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, China, Japan, India, and the U.S.— consumers reported that only 20% of the brands they interact with have a positive impact on their lives. Most interestingly, those consumers feel that 70% of brands could disappear entirely without them noticing.
Think about that for a moment: Most consumer brands could be pulled from circulation and people wouldn't even notice!
How do you know if your brand falls into that category? How do you avoid that fate?
The answer is to create meaningful impact for your customers – help them live better lives. As Umair Haque, the director of the Havas Media Labs, advises, focus on outcomes, not on outputs. And that's a big shift in thinking, especially in the U.S. – the land of industry, consumption and excess.
"We're trying to get beyond 'did this company make a slightly better product' to the more resonant, meaningful question: 'Did this brand actually impact your life in a tangible, lasting, and positive way?'"
The reward for focusing on outcomes has big profit potential:
- 51% of consumers will choose responsible products over non responsible ones (up 11% from last year)
- 53% of consumers will pay a 10% premium for a product produced in a responsible way (up 9% from last year)44% of consumers will punish irresponsible companies (up 8% from last year)
Here are a few questions you can start asking yourself about your brands:
- Did this brand make people fitter, wiser, smarter, closer?
- Did it improve personal outcomes?
- Did it improve community outcomes?
- Did it pollute the environment?
You can read more about the Meaningful Brands Study and watch a video of Umair Haque discussing the results at Co.Exist.com.
You can read the survey results on Havas Media's website.


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The High Line's planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew up between rail tracks after the trains stopped running in the 1980s. Today, the High Line includes more than 300 species of perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees — chosen for their hardiness, adaptability, diversity, and seasonal variation in color and texture. Some of the species that originally grew on the High Line's rail bed are reflected in the park landscape today.
This week we share with you one of our gardeners' current favorites.
From street-level, before even stepping foot into the park, you may see the lofty stalks and blooms of the compass plant rising from the green foliage of the High Line. The compass plant, Silphium laciniatum, is a tall relative of the sunflower, producing abundant yellow flowers of a similar look, but smaller size, than the common sunflower.
Compass plants get their name from their interesting tendency to align their leaves North-South, which allows them to avoid the intense direct sunlight of midday. These flowers are found throughout the United States, with a range stretching from New York to the prairies of the West. In drier climates, the taproot – or primary root – of the plant can burrow up to 15 feet beneath the ground to find water during even the driest times. While the soil at the High Line is much shallower, this hearty plant is still well-adapted to the heat of a New York City summer.
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Judith Martinez represents Adams State in the Hispanic College Quiz
By: Mariah Pepe
Martinez, a junior, attended the jeopardy-like competition in Chicago, Illinois where she competed with eight other students regarding her knowledge of Hispanic history from 1940 to 1990. The all expenses paid experience that took place from July 27 -29 provided Martinez the opportunity to meet other students and bring the cultural knowledge she gained to Alamosa.
Martinez was selected to represent Adams State at a club meeting of Casa, the University's Hispanic leadership and cultural club. She worked with Pricilla Gardea, senior admissions counselor- Denver, for a month prior to the competition studying a book of information that the competition provided her.
With students from a variety of states, such as Texas and California, the competition had three rounds with three participants each. The students were given buzzers, and each round had different participants. There was a final fourth round to determine the winner.
"I had a lot on my plate, but I thought it would be a great way to supplement my major by learning about the history of art in my culture," said Martinez, a Graphic Designs and Communications major.
The show will air on television in September, but the channel has yet to be announced. There will be more information available on Casa's Facebook page once it is available.
Martinez is highly involved on campus through CASA, El Parnaso, the Newman Club, Associated Students and Faculty, tutoring Spanish, and taking a full load of classes. Martinez has also represented Adams State in other events, such as the HACU conference. She plans to attend that conference again, and become involved as a student ambassador and member of the Grizzly Activity Board.


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St. Marys Area finishes fourth at State College Invitational
The St. Marys Area boys' and girls' cross-country teams participated in the State College Invitational on Saturday, finishing in fourth place in both meets. A total of 10 teams competed in the event.In the girls' meet, State College finished first with 20 points, followed by Altoona with 65, Somerset with 72, St. Marys Area with 117, Shikellany with 138, Midd-West with 150 and Hollidaysburg with 160 points.St. Marys Area's Adair Gennocro finished first in the girls' meet, while Gideon Woelfel of St. Marys placed third in the boys' meet to lead the local squads. "Nathan McFadden and Cassie Wonderling both ran seasonal bests in the meet," said Stan Foster, SMA head coach. "Kaley Williams, Gideon Woelfel and Adair Gennocro all medaled at the invitational. Both the boys' and girls' teams will now focus on the upcoming District 9 meet."Altoona won the boys' meet with 29 points, followed by State College with 40 points, Bavard Rustin with 110, St. Marys Area with 154, Somerset with 157, Shikellamy with 168, Hollidaysburg with 189, Williamsburg with 202, Central Mountain with 203 and Midd-West with 221.The St. Marys Area cross-country teams will return to action on Tuesday afternoon, when they travel to Brookville to take on the Brookville Blue Raiders and Lady Blue Raiders and the DuBois Area Beavers and Lady Beavers in a meet slated to get underway at 4:15 p.m.


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is July best time to go to Paris?
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beautiful flowers in many park around the city. One may also want to
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Many of you may not know it, but Omaha played a small, but significant role in helping Jews get out of the Soviet Union in the late 1980's, where they were often trapped.
B'nai B'rith, the Jewish Federation and many Omahans opened their hearts and frequently their pocketbooks to help settle immigrants from the Soviet Union right here in the river city.
Recently, Omaha celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first arrival of Soviet Jews. We helped to make history, and Bob Goldberg, the Director of Strategic Initiatives from the Jewish Federation staff, will recount some of the proud details in the story of how we helped save and improve the lives of many Russians.
To help him tell the story, Russians Anna Yuz-Mosenkis and Marina Sadofsky will join him. We may also have a special surprise guest to recount some of the inside details of all these events.
So join us for lunch, meet someone new, make a new friend and enjoy a very, very proud moment in world history that unfolded right here in Omaha.
Free program: an optional kosher lunch is available for $11.
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The Buffalo Zoo's veterinary department spends most of its time performing preventative medicine. Preventative medicine, which involves routine scheduled treatment and screening of the health of the collection, helps to detect and treat any health problems in their early stages—before they have a chance to endanger the animals' well-being.
A large part of the preventative medicine program is annual exams. The veterinary team attempts to perform annual exams on most of the animals in the collection. This allows the team to look for any abnormalities (i.e. dental disease, eye problems, hoof problems, etc). During the exam, the staff draws blood to see if the there are any signs of infection in the body or signs of organ dysfunction. Following the analysis, some of the blood is usually stored, frozen and added to a serum bank, allowing a biological record to be kept of the collection for researchers and disease monitoring. Additionally, the animals often receive full-body radiographs (x-rays) to look for signs of internal abnormalities that cannot be seen with the eye or detected with palpation.
Another aspect of the program is vaccinations. Vaccinations can be a challenge, however, because there are no immunizations made for any of the animals in the collection. This means the vet must use vaccines designed for domestic animals; most of which are killed viruses or bacteria. Using dead viruses is much safer than live or modified live vaccines which could cause the disease in an animal that the vaccine is not designed for use in. Although the effectiveness of these vaccines are not always known in many of the species they are used in, they provide a valuable tool to try and prevent infectious disease in the collection.
Parasites are always a concern with any animal. Therefore, the veterinary staff performs fecal exams on the collection 2-4 times a year to screen for parasites. The portion of the collection that is prone to having chronic parasite infections receives antiparasitic drugs on a regular schedule.
Just like domestic animals, heartworm disease is also a concern for a few of the animals and requires them to receive monthly preventatives, much like your dog or cat might receive.
Even though the veterinary staff does a great deal to try and prevent any problems, occasionally animals still get sick. Many of the animals will mask signs of illness as long as they can as part of survival strategy, making diagnosing a problem more difficult.
Treating wild animals is a challenging task. Even if the vet determines a problem with an animal in the collection, most of the animals do not appreciate attempts to treat them. Treatment must then be considered carefully between the veterinary staff, keepers and curators to make treatments as effective as possible. As a result, ingenuity and efficiency are very important to reduce stress to the animals and increase the success of treatment
Source: Buffalo Zoo – USA www.buffalozoo.org
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Red Bull Studio's Eric Stenman
Everyone knows that Red Bull is more than just an energy drink. As one of the world's biggest and best known brands, their influence is everywhere, from sports teams and the wacky Red Bull Flugtag, to the Red Bull Music Academy, which each year takes a selected group of budding music makers on the experience of a lifetime.
Red Bull also have a network of studios around the world, in locations such as London, Madrid and Cape Town. The studios aren't available for public bookings; instead, specific artists are invited by the Red Bull teams to use them. As a result, the studios are always booked solid, and the musical diversity is as extreme as it gets.
In their flagship US studio, at Red Bull North America HQ in Los Angeles, chief engineer Eric Stenman has recently been trying out the Focusrite Forte, the best of the best in Focusrite's portable USB audio interface family.
Despite having world-class tracking and mixing rooms at the studios, Eric constantly encounters artists bringing in tracks on their laptops, which obviously have to be piped into the studio's system without losing quality at any stage. With the Focusrite Forte, he's found that he can do this with his artists without compromise.
"More and more in today's audio world, people are creating everything on laptops. The Forte does an amazing job at turning your laptop into a viable portable studio. It sounds, feels, and looks great!"
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Dennis Miller, Ph.D.
Education and Professional Affiliations
B.A., Chemistry, University of Northern Iowa
Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Iowa
Postdoctoral work, Fellow, UT Health Science Center at Dallas
Member, American Society for Microbiology
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. Miller's research interests include the structure and organization of mitochondrial DNA, mitochondrial gene expression, RNA editing, and mitochondrial biogenesis. He is currently studying the extent and mechanism of RNA editing as a step in the mitochondrial gene expression of Physarum polycephalum.
Research Interests
Mitochondrial function is essential for the survival of nearly all eukaryotic organisms. Mitochondria are the site of cellular respiration and ATP synthesis and are the location of enzymes involved in such cellular processes as fatty acid synthesis, the urea cycle, apoptosis, and electron transport. Dysfunction of mitochondria is associated with cancer, aging, and a number of maternally inherited genetic diseases. Mitochondrial biogenesis depends on the coordinated expression of two different sets of genes, one set located on DNA in the nucleus and the other set located on DNA in mitochondria (mtDNA). These genes code for RNAs and proteins necessary for mitochondrial biogenesis. RNAs and proteins produced from nuclear genes must be imported into mitochondria where they function either autonomously or by interacting with the products of genes on mtDNA.
Genes on mtDNA are transcribed to RNA by the mitochondrial RNA polymerase (mtRNAP). This is a central step in mitochondrial gene expression and is absolutely necessary for mitochondrial biogenesis. The mtRNAP is a single polypeptide which is encoded by a gene on the nuclear DNA (figure 1). We are studying the mtRNAP of the myxomycete, Physarum polycephalum. This mtRNAP is particularly interesting since it is involved in a unique type of RNA processing called RNA editing.
RNA editing is the insertion or substitution of nucleotides in RNAs so that the RNAs do not resemble their DNA templates. There are numerous examples of RNA editing but the most extensive examples are found in the RNAs of some mitochondria. Physarum polycephalum has a unique type of RNA editing in which mono or dinucleotides are inserted in RNAs at multiple sites relative to their mtDNA template (figure 2). This process creates the open reading frame coding for proteins in mRNAs and produces structural features necessary for the function of transfer RNAs and ribosomal RNAs. These nontemplated nucleotides must be accurately and efficiently added to RNAs for mitochondrial function in Physarum. Accuracy requires the addition of the proper nucleotide at the proper site. We are currently attempting to understand the mechanism whereby nontemplated nucleotides are accurately and efficiently added to RNAs in mitochondria of Physarum, and to identify the genetic information used to specify nucleotide identity and the site of nucleotide addition. Several lines of evidence lead us to believe that the mtRNAP is an integral part of RNA editing in Physarum mitochondria. Because of this evidence we are presenting the mtRNAP with novel templates in an attempt to reproduce RNA editing in vitro.
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Walt Disney's career was so varied, and his reach so great,
that there may never be a shortage of material for authors and scholars to
mine. Two recent books present fresh fodder that will be of interest to serious
Disney buffs. The more elaborate of the two is a weighty coffee-table book
called The Lost Notebook: Herman
Schultheis and the Secrets of Walt Disney's Movie Magic (Walt Disney Family
Foundation/Weldon Owen Publishing), written by renowned animation
specialist John Canemaker with a foreword by Pixar's Pete Docter.
Don't feel funny if you've never heard of Herman Schultheis:
he wasn't one of Disney's famous artists. In fact, it's his obscurity that helps make the
story so intriguing. Schultheis was a German immigrant with artistic and
engineering skills. He made his way to Hollywood in the late 1920s with stars
in his eyes and wound up as a jack-of-all-trades at the Disney studio in 1938.
During the next few years he documented, in photographs and text, everything
that went on in the camera department, where cutting-edge visual effects were
invented on a regular basis. He also snapped anything else that caught his
fancy. Much of this he did on his own, hoping to impress his superiors and
prove his worth. His efforts didn't pay off and he was let go in 1941. It was
only in 1990 that his voluminous notes turned up in his widow's home in Los
Angeles. Serendipity took hold at this point, and Diane Disney Miller was able
to purchase the principal notebook for the Walt Disney Family Museum.
The engineer's notes detailing how Disney artists and
technicians developed some of their innovative techniques for Fantasia and Pinocchio are often difficult for a layman to comprehend, but the
photos help us to understand some of the elaborate work that went into creating
a cascade of snowflakes or replicating the look and feel of a railroad
locomotive in cartoon form.
What's more, Schultheis was a compulsive shutterbug,
recording Los Angeles history as well as a wide variety of activities at the
Disney studio. An unfailingly graceful writer, Canemaker puts Schultheis' story
into perspective, following the ambitious (possibly overly ambitious) self-promoter through his years of world travel
and exploration.
This handsomely designed tome is not for the casual Disney
fan, but I was captivated by the multiple layers of its story—and all those
fascinating pictures.
On the other hand, Inside
the Whimsy Works by James A. Johnson, edited by Greg Ehrbar and Didier Ghez
(University Press of Mississippi) is a breezy, posthumously published
memoir by the man who put the Disney company into the record business in the
1950s and steered that ship through its boom years. Johnson provides an inside
look at the workings of the studio from a business point of view, explaining,
for instance, that employees were either "Walt's boys" or "Roy's boys." As one
of the latter, Johnson had difficulty getting Walt to take him seriously as a
creative individual and not just a pencil-pusher.
Again, a casual Disney fan might not take interest in how
Johnson supervised worldwide publishing for the company and maintained personal
contacts overseas—but I found it enlightening. His insider stories of
maneuvering within the shark-infested waters of the music industry are
particularly interesting. Anyone who's interested in the making, marketing, and
distribution of records during the '50s and '60s is sure to find those passages
especially fruitful.
There are also amusing and personal
sidebars on such personalities as Louis Armstrong, Cliff Edwards, Maurice
Chevalier, Julie Andrews, Louis Prima, and other notables with whom Johnson had close contact over the years.
Jimmy Johnson has been recognized as an official Disney
Legend, and this enjoyable volume explains why he is so deserving of that
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